Risk Specialist (Financial and Economic Risks) - Office of Risk Management

International Monetary Fund • Washington, DC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seeking a Risk Specialist to join the Office of Risk Management (ORM). This role is central to the IMF's efforts to enhance its Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, which covers all aspects of the Fund's operations, including surveillance, lending, and capacity development. The ORM is responsible for developing and implementing new methodologies and tools for risk identification, assessment, analysis, and monitoring. The specialist will analyze economic and financial risks facing the Fund and its members, contributing to the assessment of the Fund's enterprise financial risks. This includes developing and implementing new metrics and tools to enhance the ORM's capabilities in assessing and mitigating risks in core operational areas and providing aggregate reporting. The role also involves training, strengthening risk management governance, fostering a risk-aware culture, and providing independent challenges to enterprise risk information.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree, or equivalent, in business, accounting, economics, finance, information technology, law, communications, organizational development, or a related field, OR a professional certification (CPA, CIA, or CISA).
• A minimum of four (4) years of relevant work experience.
• Alternatively, a minimum of two (2) years of experience in a related position at Grade A10, or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent analytic and quantitative skills, ideally with application to economic and financial risk assessments for sovereigns, performance of IMF programs, and liquidity, credit, and market risk analysis facing organizational balance sheets.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-management skills, with the ability to build trust and work constructively across departments.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple workstreams, and adapt to evolving priorities.
• Proven ability to influence, collaborate, initiate action plans, manage change, and complete challenging assignments.
• High degree of agility, flexibility, and adaptability.
• Knowledge of the Fund’s operations would be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of financial risk assessment tools and practices to analyze and report on financial risks to the Fund's balance sheet, including credit, liquidity, and market risks.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of risk data models, analytics, stress-testing, scenario development, and reporting capabilities focused on enterprise financial risks.
• Monitor, analyze, and prepare reports on financial risks within the organization's business units and on a corporate basis.
• Support the coordination and preparation of risk-based reviews of country documents for program and systemically important countries.
• Support assessing that the organization's financial risk management policies, limits, and strategies are in compliance with applicable standards, best practices, and strategic imperatives.
• Engage with relevant departments to develop risk analytics and metrics and to help departments identify, treat, and report on their key enterprise risks, with a focus on financial and economic risks.

Benefits

• The IMF is guided by the principle that the employment, classification, promotion, and assignment of staff shall be made without discrimination against any person.
• Requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities during the selection process are welcomed.
• Information on how to request accommodations will be provided during the application process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level